President Oscar Temaru has labeled Flosse irresponsible for bypassing him in efforts to set up a commission of inquiry into the running of the territory’s carrier, Air Tahiti Nui.
This comes amid disagreement in budget matters but which have seen opposition politicians backing the Temaru administration, saying this stance was in the people’s interest.
With Flosse’s Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party considering abstaining in the budget vote, Temaru said this would mean that a partner puts the government in a minority which he said would be the end of the current administration.
Flosse said his party is committed to the budget but wants to have more coordination, claiming the government has put only forward a very simple budget plan.
Meanwhile, census figures in French Polynesia show that in the past 30 years, the population has doubled to 260,000.
The statistics show that the population has aged, with those younger than 20 years now accounting for only 36 percent of residents as fertility in the past 20 years has dropped by a third. Life expectancy has increased to 75 years, up almost eight years since 1987.
The figures show that since 2002, population growth has been natural as there has been a migration deficit of 1,000 people with 75 percent of households have a car, half of households have a computer and 70 percent of families own their own home.
Electricity is nearly universal, but eight percent of households lack running water. Unemployment is recorded at 11.8 percent.
